Brown seizes qualifying lead at NHRA season-opener
Former Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Antron Brown raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday in the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Read full story
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Troxel, Johnson share marital rivalry
POMONA – Drag racing’s history is full of rivalries among family members. From the father-son battle between Warren Johnson and son Kurt in Pro Stock, the daughter vs. father face-off of Ashley and John Force in Funny Car, to the husband and wife meetings between John Smith and Rhonda Hartman-Smith in Top Fuel, relation and … Read more
NHRA’s Y.E.S. Program Continues to Grow with Three New Partners Added for 2008
NHRA has announced that the Youth & Education Services (Y.E.S) program presented by the U.S. Army is adding these program partners for 2008: the University of Northwestern Ohio, Valvoline, and Caterpillar (CAT). Created in 1989 as a tool to connect education and drag racing, the Y.E.S program is a one day event held at 15 … Read more
Clevite and Perfect Circle Provide Bearings and Piston Rings for McMillen Top Fuel Entry
Hoosier Thunder Motorsports announced today that the Amalie Oil / Torco Nitro Top Fuel dragster, driven by team owner Terry McMillen, will be outfitted with Mahle Clevite bearings and Perfect Circle piston rings for the 2008 racing season. Clevite and Perfect Circle will be major associate product sponsors…. Read the full story at IHRA
PRN Now the Official Program Producer for IHRA National Events
TORONTO, ON – Performance Racing News is pleased to announce the development and expansion of its relationship with the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) for the 2008 season. PRN’s commitment to drag racing has been greatly enhanced through this new deal through both coverage in the magazine and a wider… Read full story
Herbert returns to racing after tragedy
His sons were killed last month in a car crash, and he’s back where he feels relaxed — behind the wheel of a top-fuel dragster. Doug Herbert didn’t need to post a monster number Thursday. The oversized driver nicknamed “Dougzilla” needed only an uneventful run down the quarter mile at Pomona Raceway for his life … Read more
Herbert will race with a heavy heart
POMONA – Doug Herbert will be racing with a heavy heart as the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series begins today with the Winternationals, but he knows he’ll have company. On Jan. 26 in Cornelius, N.C., a traffic accident claimed the lives of Herbert’s two sons, Jon, 17, and James, 12. The Top Fuel driver immediately … Read more
Buzz on strip all about big changes
After perhaps the most eventful of its 57 years, the National Hot Rod Association will settle for a little peace this season. Of course, the sanctioning body bears some responsibility for 2007’s upheaval by creating the Countdown to the Championship, a six-event playoff that… Read full story by Gary Graves in USA TODAY